Let's start in Red River, where Texas thumped Oklahoma
for their 3rd win in 4 years to all but
knock the Sooners out of the projected playoff field.
Longhorn still needs some help to get back into the
CFP contention, but right now we're projecting them to
miss out on that top 12 and wind up playing
Michigan in the Citrus Bowl, which also doesn't help
Oklahoma's resume ahead of a gauntlet of ranked opponents in
the SEC. The other big result from the weekend
was Indiana's win over Oregon on Saturday. Now there's
no need to Google the job Curt Cicnetti has been
doing. At this point, but Penn State looking
suspect. It's a decent assumption right now that the
Hoosiers will be undefeated going into the Big 10 title
game, where they can take on the top ranked
Buckeyes for a trip to the Rose Bowl and that
quarterfinal bite. One other team on the rise is
Texas Tech. The Red Raiders will look like easily
the class of the Big 12 right now, and
there's a significant gap in terms of what we've seen
on the field between them and the rest of the
league right now. They still need to win the
conference and win that conference title, but for the
first time we are projecting that they can make.
To 4 and uh get a pretty favorable draw in
terms of not only getting a buy in the first
round, but also getting a nice quarterfinal in the
Cotton Bowl. Finally, how about that group of
5 bid? Well, for now we've had Tulane
penciled in for a long time based on that strength
of those 24 victories that they have on their resume
, but it's time to make a change in the
American and put USF into the field right now.
The Bulls thump previously undefeated North Texas on Friday night
and looks like the significantly sharper team at the midway
mark in college football.